DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF APPLICATION-SPECIFIC FPGA/RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE GENERATOR Husain Parvez and M. Mohiuddin Embedded Systems group, GSSE

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DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF APPLICATION-SPECIFIC
FPGA/RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE GENERATOR Husain
Parvez and M. MohiuddinEmbedded Systems group,
GSSE
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Budget Summary
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Details of Monetary benefits to the institution

• Direct Support 1.5M
• Support to KIET to cover organizational
  overheads1M
• Financial Auditing and contingency 0.5M
• Core Team Salaries etc. 5M
• Salaries for senior developers 150Kx24 3.6M
• Stipend for PI and CPI30Kx24 0.76M
• Salaries for support staff16Kx24 0.4M
• Student support 4M
• Tuition fees for 10 grad studentsRs 280Kx4 1.1M
• Monthly stipend of Rs 10K for ten grad students
  2.4M
• Monthly stipend of Rs 5K for three undergrad
  students 0.3M
• Software/Hardware support 2.5M
• SoftwareRs 2M
• Equipment (PCs) Rs 0.66M

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Academic benefits to the institution

• Improved research profile, culture and
  recognition
• Regenerative effectbetter students
  better research
• Development of research facilities
• Research leading to good publications
• Activation of International research
  collaborations

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Project Team

1. PI and CPI2
2. Firmware and Software Developers2
3. Finance and Admin coordinator2
4. Graduate students10
5. Undergraduates3

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Project Team Coordination
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Day to day affairs of the team, stationery
requirements, interaction with Colleges and other
admin issues (Rana Shoib or Sadat)
Coordinating with ICTRnD on Admin issues like
hiring workforce, Setting up bank account,
Auditing requirements etc. Synchronizing team
members, updating them on deliverables and
helping them in the documentation
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Project Team Coordination continued..
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Project bookkeeping
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Financial matters

• Bank Account management
• Requires extensive paperwork
• Signatories should be kept at a minimum (If
  possible either PI or CPI option will be added)
• Regular Salary and stipend payments
• Should be automatic requiring no signatures
• Equipment and software procurement
• Should require approval of either PI or CPI only
• Finance coordinator
• Required for bookkeeping

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Project preparationHuman resources

• PI and CPI already available.
• Course load has to be reduced to 7 credit
  hours/semester
• No teaching assignment during summer
• Software and Firmware developersnegotiations
  under way.
• Full work hour freedom should be ensured
• Is part-time teaching (one class ID) available?
• Advertisement need to be sent (only if required
  by ICTRD)
• Graduate student registration
• Evaluation room required for half-a-day in City
  campus
• Students may require extensive training in summer

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Project preparationPhysical resources

• An air-conditioned room with two cubicles for
  developers and counter space for 8-10 research
  students
• Temporary arrangement ??
• A mid-range server (Xeon dual processor, quad
  core, 32 GB RAM, 3X 500 GB, LCD monitor )
• 10 KVA branded (APC, Merlin Gerin, Liebert ) UPS
  
• A laser printer (e.g. HP LaserJet P2055dn or
  better)
• 24x7 broadband Internet accessibility
• 24x7 remote accessibility to the server

One-time Cost is Rs 0.5M
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ProjectWhat is next

• Intimation to come from ICTRD to initiate bank
  account opening procedure (tentatively in a
  weeks time)
• Disbursement of first tranche (within 4-6 weeks)
• Selection of developers (currently under process)
• Hiring of developers (within a week after
  receiving funds)
• Selection of students (currently under process)
• Intimation of scholarship to students (within a
  week after receiving funds)
• Looking forward to the first tranche ?